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‘Puffin Man’ Stephan Kress, alum and Lab of O fellow, keeps inspiring
“Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock” (Yale University Press, 2015) is written by Stephen W. Kress, Ph.D. ’72, director of the National Audubon Society’s Seabird Restoration Program, with Boston Globe...
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Giovannoni is working to put the flavor back in your tomato
Plant researchers and home gardeners learned about efforts to preserve ancient traits in the tomato at Mann Library’s Harvesting Heritage event June 5. CALS Plant Breeding and Genetics Professor James Giovannoni, a researcher at the Boyce...
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Political junkies needed: Tool to detect news ‘framing’ in development
As communication strategists gear up for the 2016 presidential campaign – trying to manipulate public opinion with “message framing” – communication researchers are recruiting political news junkies in a nationwide test of a tool called...
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CALS part of $10M grant to save citrus from greening disease
A diverse group of researchers has teamed up to develop a therapeutic treatment for citrus greening disease, a bacterial infection that threatens U.S. citrus crops. The team received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of...
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Leap of faith proves pollination can be honeybee free
As the state’s Land-Grant institution, Cornell University was born to explore science for the public good—a mission that can sometimes require a leap of faith. Just such a leap paid off this year at Cornell Orchards. While crisp apples and fresh...
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  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
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New study shows pesticides harm bees, pollination in N.Y. orchard crops
A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides harm wild bees, and fungicides labeled “safe for bees” also indirectly may threaten native pollinators. The research, published June 3 in Proceedings of the Royal Society...
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New research shows dining hall food labels nudge diners to eat healthier
A Cornell study of food labels in dining halls shows that when people know the calories and fat content in foods, they lean toward healthier fare. Despite municipal and federal legislation in the pipelines for large restaurants and dining...
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Mann Award winner Tang studies molecular ‘trash bags’
Each cell needs to constantly remodel the landscape of its surface because the thin membrane that surrounds all cells is fragile and must be renewed to protect the cell from lysis and death. And that’s where the trouble begins. To remove aged...
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Gellert family $3M gift endows food safety research chair
By John Carberry A family with Cornell roots nearly 100 years old is helping the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences promote safe, high-quality foods well into the 21st century. A $3 million gift from the George Gellert family – whose...
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Saldana transfers setbacks into success, and a pledge to help others rise
By John Carberry Six years ago, when a contented Ignacio “Iggy” Saldana cruised out in the back of the pack from Adlai Stevenson High School in The Bronx and slid into a comfortable routine of slow mornings and afternoon basketball, he never saw...
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CALS scientists plant seeds of genomic scholarship in Thailand
Educating a new audience about genomic selection is not so different from the process itself. It requires time, plenty of preparation and extensive knowledge. And like genomic selection itself, the results may be revolutionary. In April, Mark...

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$5.5M NSF grant aims to improve rice crops with genome editing

A new project will harness the power of genome editing – a technique that allows researchers to precisely target, cut, remove and replace DNA in a living cell – to improve rice, a staple crop that feeds half the world’s people. The project, led...

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New research shows why on planes, savory tomato is favored flavor

Airline passengers who eat meals vary in their ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavors. In studying how airplane noise affects the palate, Cornell food scientists have found sweetness suppressed and a tasty, tender tomato surprise...

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CALS climate change experts share insight with Albany leaders
Floods, droughts, pests and pathogens were among the weighty topics considered at the New York State Capitol on Tuesday. In the middle of a busy legislative session day, Sen. Tom O’Mara and Assembly member Steve Englebright, chairs of the Senate...

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Primed with healthful free samples, shoppers choose fruit

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the supermarket – nibbling free samples like no one is watching – the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has your number: 28. Shoppers who first received a sample apple slice purchased 28 percent more...

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New faculty focus: Ifft knows the value of knowing farmland values
By Valeria San Juan Having grown up on a farm in central Illinois, Jenny Ifft, new assistant professor and Mueller Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in agribusiness and farm management in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and...
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Climate change set to devastate coral reefs
As greater atmospheric carbon dioxide boosts sea temperatures, tropical corals face a bleak future. New climate model projections show that conditions are likely to increase the frequency and severity of coral disease outbreaks, reports a team...

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Global Landscapes project to keep building on three-year collaboration

Contested Global Landscapes, an Institute for the Social Sciences theme project, ended this month after three years of collaborative study. But members of the interdisciplinary group will produce a new book series and jointly teach courses and...

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New research suggests mobile phones can help reduce pain in surgery
By John Carberry Imagine a hand-held electronic device – accessible, portable and nearly universal – that could reduce pain and discomfort for patients, and allow doctors to use less powerful and potentially risky medications to complement...
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Dyson School’s Barrett leads panel of scholars on ending global poverty
Six alumni and faculty offered an overview of Cornell’s contributions to poverty and development economics in a Charter Day Weekend panel April 25 on campus. Kaushik Basu, chief economist for the World Bank and Cornell’s C. Marks Professor of...